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“Send Soldiers After Killer Herdsmen, Not IPOB” — Igbo Women Fire Back At Defense Chief

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"Send Soldiers After Killer Herdsmen, Not IPOB" — Igbo Women Fire Back At Defense Chief

The Indigenous Igbo Women Assembly (IWA) has issued a scathing response to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, urging him to redirect military efforts from crushing Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members to confronting the real threats in the South East — armed herdsmen who are terrorizing rural communities. Reacting to the CDS’s recent remarks advising against...

Nigerian Army Court Martial Sentences Soldier To Death, Another To 10 Years For Murder, Robbery

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Nigerian Army Court Martial Sentences Soldier To Death, Another To 10 Years For Murder, Robbery

A General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Headquarters, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army in Enugu has sentenced Private Adamu Mohammed to death by hanging and Private Abubakar Yusuf to a 10-year prison term for separate criminal offences. The sentences followed a trial in which both soldiers were found guilty of serious crimes, including murder and robbery. According to...

COAS Urges Nigerian Army To Innovate Against Emerging Threats

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COAS Urges Nigerian Army to Innovate Against Emerging Threats

  Location: Bauchi State 🗣️ Speaker: Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, Chief of Army Staff 🏷️ Event: Combat Arms Training (CAT) Week 2025 🛡️ Theme: “Strengthening Combat Arms Cooperation in a Joint Environment: A Prerequisite for Success in Counter Terrorism and Counter Insurgency Operations” 🔑 Key Highlights: COAS called on all arms of the Nigerian Army to think beyond doctrine and adopt innovative, resource-efficient strategies...

Delta: Police Kill Five Suspected Kidnappers, Recovers AK-47 Rifles.

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Delta: Police Kill Five Suspected Kidnappers, Recovers AK-47 Rifles.

Delta State Police Command operations have killed five suspected kidnappers who were causing terror in Delta State's Ubulu-Uku, Issele-Uku, Issele-Asagba, and surrounding areas. The police public relations officer in the state Command, SP Bright Edafe stated this in a statement on Sunday in Asaba, the Delta State capital. According to Edafe, acting on intelligence, the operatives stormed one of their hideouts...

Hunters Seek FG Support To Combat Banditry

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Hunters Seek FG Support To Combat Banditry

Hunters and farmers have urged the federal government to give them official authority to expel bandits, Boko Haram insurgents, and other criminal elements that hide in forests in the face of growing insecurity throughout the nation. The groups, including the Nigerian Forest Security Service, Professional Hunters Association of Nigeria, Agbekoya Farmers’ Society of Nigeria, and the Oodua Peoples Congress, insisted...

Borno Gov Raises Alarm As Boko Haram Regroups

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Borno Gov Raises Alarm As Boko Haram Regroups

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has raised the alarm over the regrouping of Boko Haram insurgents in the Tumbus areas of Lake Chad and the Mandara Hills within the Sambisa Forest in the state. Zulum lamented what he called a setback in military operations in the state, saying Boko Haram terrorists were freely breeding in Tumbus water areas on the...

Insecurity: Governors Form Subcommittee To Collaborate With Security Chiefs

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Insecurity: Governors Form Subcommittee To Collaborate With Security Chiefs

Alarmed by the escalating insecurity marked by rampant crime, banditry, kidnappings, and widespread destruction of property across the country, the 36 state governors, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), have formed a subcommittee to partner with security agency heads in crafting a coordinated and urgent response to the nation’s security crisis. In response, the 36 state governors...

Tinubu Demands Fresh Security Blueprint From Intelligence Chiefs

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Tinubu Meet Gencos Over N4tn Electricity Debt

President Bola Tinubu has directed a security outreach to Plateau, Benue, and Borno, the sites of recent killings to bring peace to regions plagued by bombings and mass murders.  National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, revealed this to State House correspondents after a four-hour security briefing with the President at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja on Wednesday. “We listened and we took...

Insecurity Crisis: Enough Is Enough, Tinubu Tells Security Chiefs, NSA

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Insecurity Crisis: Enough Is Enough, Tinubu To Security Chiefs, NSA

On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu told Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Advisor, and other security chiefs that "enough is enough" and voiced his deep concern over the nation's deteriorating security situation. But the National Security Adviser said that the heads of the security apparatus have taken the directives from the President and are acting accordingly. Mallam Ribadu also said that...

IG Deploys Specialized Anti-bandit Squad Nationwide

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Police Nab Two Suspects In Imo For Alleged Attempt To Sell Abducted Child

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, deployed a special squad to arrest the rising violence across the country. He ordered all Police Mobile Force squadrons to maintain at least one fully equipped, combat-ready unit on constant standby, effective immediately. He gave the directive during a meeting with Squadron Commanders in Abuja on Tuesday, as bandits struck in Kwara, Benue...

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''We Are Not Terrorist'' - IPOB

”We Are Not Terrorist” – IPOB

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The Indigenous People of Biafra have called for the immediate reversal of an Abuja court's decision to designate the group as a terrorist organisation. Spokesperson...

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